"Hope is your finest work of art..."

[bronze_ribbons]

Whatever you choose to focus your attention on, you will get more of it. If you often think of everything you lack and how sad you are that you don't have it, you will tend to receive prolific evidence of how true that is. As you obsess on all the ways your life is different from what you wish it would be, you will become an expert in rousing feelings of frustration and you will attract experiences that assist you in rousing frustration.

If, on the other hand, you dwell on the good things you have already had the privilege to experience, you will expand your appreciation for their blessings, which in turn will amplify their beneficient impact on your life. You will also magnetize yourself to receive further good things, making it more likley that they will be attracted into your sphere. At the very least, you will get in the habit of enjoying yourself no matter what the outward circumstances are.

Bear in mind that you are a great wizard. You can use your powers to practice white magic on yourself instead of the other kind. The most basic way to do that is to concentrate on naming, savoring, and feeling gratitude for the blessings you do have - your love for your kid, the pleasures of eating the food you like, the sight of the sky at dusk, the entertaining drama of your unique fate. Don't ignore the bad stuff, but make a point of celebrating the beautiful stuff with all the exuberant devotion you can muster.

- Rob Breszny, Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia

Comments

[tjwritter.insanejournal.com]

Oh, I love Breszny so much!! Isn't he eerily accurate and just awe inspiringly true to who you are as a person?

Great horoscope!

[tjwritter.insanejournal.com]

Oooops, just realized you were quoting the book...oh well...it's still true...he rocks!!

[bronze_ribbons.insanejournal.com]

He does indeed. I ended up quoting him quite a bit in my sermon this past Sunday (http://www.journalscape.com/mechaieh/2008-05-20-00:44/) (which is why I was meandering around Pronoia in the first place).

[odogoddess.insanejournal.com]

I can grok that. :)